March 23, 2012
Call for submissions. Is it getting hot in here or is it just us?
Smokin’ Hot Firemen: Firefighter Romance Stories
Editor: Delilah Devlin
Publisher: Cleis Press in Summer 2013
Deadline: June 15, 2012 (although sooner is better!)
Smokin’ Hot Firemen is open to all authors.
Editor Delilah Devlin is looking for hetero firefighter stories for a romantic erotica anthology tentatively entitled Smokin’ Hot Firemen: Firefighter Romance Stories.
A fire-fighter is one of those iconic heroes who inspire a jumble of sexy images at just the mention of the word—a soot-covered face, sweat dripping from hard, chiselled muscles, the sexy snap of suspenders—yes, only a fireman can make suspenders sexy!
Smokin’ Hot Firemen will seek stories that satisfy the reader who craves the romantic idea of that soot-covered, smokin’-hot man while exploring stories set in American cities and small towns, as well as international settings. The stories will be contemporary. While traditional themes are likely to be featured, writers are encouraged to imagine greater in order to create tales that, while featuring this iconic hero, may also surprise.
Think about the big-city firehouse, teaming with sexy firemen, responding to a high-rise fire; fire-fighter’s arriving at the scene of an accident to pry a victim from a burning car; a strong, sexy man carrying a child from a burning house… All heroic acts we expect from our local heroes. Then think about the smoke-jumper parachuting into the hot zone of a forest fire; the sexy rancher next door, who’s also a volunteer fire-fighter, responding to an out-of-control brush fire; or even an oil-rig worker whose extra duty is to respond to a catastrophe on a rig in the middle of the ocean…
Then imagine the romantic possibilities of being held against that massively, muscled chest by a man whose mission is to protect and serve…
Published authors with an established firehouse world may use that setting for their original short story.
The stories may be as kinky or vanilla as the writer wants—but a deep sensuality should linger in every word. Exotic locations and scenarios are welcome. Keep in mind there must be a romantic element with a happy-for-now or happy-ever-after ending. Strong plots, engaging characters and unique twists are the ultimate goal. Please no reprints. We are seeking original stories.
How to submit: Prepare your 1,500 to 4,500 words story in a double-spaced, Arial, 12 point, black font Word document with pages numbered (.doc, NOT.docx) OR rich text format. Indent the first line of each paragraph half an inch and double space (regular double spacing, do not add extra lines between paragraphs or do any other irregular spacing). US grammar (double quotation marks around dialogue, etc.) is required.
In your document at the top left of the page, include your legal name (and pseudonym if applicable), mailing address, and 50 words or less bio in the third person to smokinhotfiremen@gmail.com. If you are using a pseudonym, please provide your real name and pseudonym and make it clear which one you’d like to be credited as. Authors may submit up to 2 stories. Delilah will respond in September 2011. The publisher has final approval over the stories included in the manuscript.
Payment will be $50.00 USD and two copies of the published book upon publication.
About the editor: Ms. Devlin has published over eighty erotic stories in multiple genres and lengths. Her published print titles include Into the Darkness, Seduced by Darkness, Darkness Burning, Darkness Captured, Down in Texas, Texas Men, Ravished by a Viking, and Enslaved by a Viking. Her short stories are featured in Zane’s Purple Panties, and Cleis Press’s Lesbian Cowboys, Girl Crush, Fairy Tale Lust, Lesbian Lust, Passion, Carnal Machines, Dream Lovers, and Best Erotic Romance. She is published by Avon, Kensington, Harlequin, Atria/Strebor, Ellora’s Cave, Samhain Publishing, and Berkley. In Fall 2011, she debuted her first anthology with Cleis Press, Girls Who Bite. In 2012, Cleis Press will release She Shifters and Cowboy Lust.
Direct any questions you have regarding your story or the submission process to Delilah at smokinhotfiremen@gmail.com.
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July 9, 2012
Unleash your wildest desires with SHE SHIFTERS, out July 10!
Delilah Devlin has delved deep to find fantastic tales of love and sex that know no bounds—think Twilight meets The L Word and turn up the heat. Her untamed shape-shifters will ignite your imagination with visions of primal passions and insatiable hunger. Paisley Smith’s “The Night Crow” finds two lovers, divided by centuries and a terrible sacrifice, reunited in London. In Christine d’Abo’s “Scorched Retribution,” a human woman returns home after a ten-year absence, hoping to make amends with the one whose heart she’d broken—but the heart of a dragon isn’t easily won. In the era of great wagon trains, the eldest daughter in a family of shape-shifters meets a Sioux “sister” and finds the promise of the West fulfilled in Angela Caperton’s “Sweetwater Pass.” Deliah Devlin’s She Shifters will release the wild creature inside us all!
BOUND BY LUST giveaway!
Shanna Germain, editor of BDSM romance anthology BOUND BY LUST, is celebrating the end of her blog tour with a signed copy giveaway! All you need to do to enter is do something nice for any favorite author and post about it on her blog. Check out the link!
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“The concept of shapeshifters—beings both human and animal—ignites our imaginations with visions of primal passions and insatiable hungers. Most commonly seen as dark, masculine demons, I felt shapeshifters were in need of a metaphysical overhaul—a new feminine/Sapphic blending of physical power and inescapable desires.
So, I sent out a call for submissions and asked writers to re-imagine common myths. Traditional lycanthropes and feline familiars were welcome—if told with a fresh twist. However, I wanted new, inventive tales celebrating feminine power, lust, and erotic love.”—Delilah Devlin on shapeshifters, gender and sexuality in submissions to SHE SHIFTERS
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August 20, 2012
Meet Shoshanna Evers, contributor to our upcoming erotica anthology SMOKIN’ HOT FIREMEN!
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This anthology is full of sexy lesbian stories all featuring shape shifting main characters. It sizzles, it soars, and it captures your attention.
Erotica author Kathleen Tudor reviews SHE SHIFTERS: LESBIAN PARANORMAL EROTICA. Click the link to find details on each story in the collection!
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Crazy for Cowboys
The COWBOY LUST blog tour continues! Queen of the Night Reviews interviews editor Delilah Devlin, and Delighted Reader has an interview with contributor Kimber Vale. Check them out and find out what’s so compelling about cowboys!
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August 24, 2012
Win a free copy of one of our erotica anthologies!
NetWorking Witches is holding giveaways for two of our new titles: COWBOY LUST: Erotic Romance for Women and ANYTHING FOR YOU: Erotica for Kinky Couples! Click to find out how you can win!
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The hat and jeans set the stage, but what’s inside them is what is so damn sexy. They are fiercely independent, stubborn, tend to see things in black and white, right or wrong. So when they face something that tests their boundaries and makes them rethink their values and beliefs, especially when they learn to compromise because they’ve fallen in love and HAVE to budge off their high horse, it’s like watching a warrior fall to his knees before the woman he loves. It catches your breath.
COWBOY LUST editor Delilah Devlin, as interviewed on the Seductive Musings blog. Read the full Q&A for lots of fascinating insights on the process of putting together an erotic romance anthology, and some tempting excerpts from the book!
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